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A teenager accused of murder has told a court he felt sickened when he realised that his good "friend" had been attacked in error.

A DOG owner has admitted being in charge of two dangerously out of control American bulldogs which killed a pensioner in her own garden in Rowley…

Darren Pritchard admitted being in charge of American bulldogs that went on to kill Lucille Downer.

Frankie Burton, 31 and of Roberts Green Road in Upper Gornal, Dudley, West Midlands, researched images of people being shot on the internet.

The female predators were among a group of 21 paedophiles to be convicted yesterday after targeting children as young as 12 across Walsall and Wolverhampton.

Lewis Pinches, 23, absconded from HMP Sudbury in Derbyshire at 8.45pm on Monday, April 3, where he was serving a six-year tern for robbery and causing grievous bodily harm.

Their depraved offending was uncovered when a hospital visit by one victim sparked concerns leading to the largest ever child sex abuse case investigated by West Midlands Police.

The seven victims were aged 12 and younger. The "systematic" and "shocking" child sex abuse crimes - committed by eight women and 13 men - took place over nearly a decade in Walsall and Wolverhampton, leaving the victims physically hurt and suffering from extreme psychological harm.

Twenty-one people have now been convicted after the biggest investigation by West Midlands Police into child sexual abuse in the force's history....

These are the evil faces behind the "biggest-ever" child sex abuse ring and were jailed for 145 years today.